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Category: Microphones for ham radio

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Review Summary For : Electro Voice RE-20
Reviews: 24MSRP: 650 to 790 (not wholesale or dis
Description:
Professional quality dynamic cardiod mic made famous by broadcasters and engineers worldwide. 50, 150, and 250 ohm impedance selectable.
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.electrovoice.com/
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K4PDM Rating: 2001-04-28
If bass is what you want... Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have used this mic at many broadcast stations, and took one home once to try on my ham rig. In my opnion, the mic has too much bottom end, both for FM broadcast and ham. It will emphasize the lows in a DJ's voice, but at the expense of some intelligibility. I know its reputation, but I'd go with a Sennheiser MD-421 in the studio, and a good ham mic or mic/W2IHY EQ combo at home. Just my opinion...
WV4R Rating: 2001-04-27
The RE-20 is Truly a 'Pearl' in the oysterbed of microphones... Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I went to a professional musician's store recently and wandered into their microphone sound booth with some time to kill. I must have tried over a dozen professional studio microphones of all makes, models & prices. The CSR told me they were All EQ'ed the same. The One microphone that stood out in my mind was the EV-RE20. It is so smooth, so clean and clear and rich sounding. In fact, it left a number of the large diaphragm condenser microphones in the dust! I could not seem to reach the limit of it's SPL even Yelling at my loudest... I must have raised a few eyebrows! It is head & shoulders above the typical studio dynamic fer sure. The internal popper stopper really works. I did not bang it around but I am confident the internal shockmount works as good as everything else. The off-axis cardioid accuracy is definitely a consideration for ham radio. If money was NO object... this would be the Main dynamic microphone in my shack fer sure! 73 es God bless, murf/wv4r.
W7NEW Rating: 2001-03-24
Large Dynamic Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
This mic has been around for years, and remains the Big Kahuna among cardioid large diaphragm dynamics. This is the one you'll find in about 80% of the radio broadcast booths in the country.

The problem with a lot of directional mics is their uneven off-axis response -- many of them have weird dips in the midrange when you move even a little off the front of the mic. Not so with the RE20. One of it's strengths lies in the fact that not only does it reject off-axis sounds very well, it pretty much rejects all off-axis frequencies at the same rate -- no mean feat for a dynamic mic, to be sure.

This is pretty much the first mic I reach for on kick drum. It's also great on almost any typical large-diaphragm dynamic duty, such as guitar and bass amps, horns, and low brass. And if you're looking for a really nice, fat, warm vocal mic, don't automatically reach for a tube condenser -- the RE20 may be just the ticket instead. I used it exclusively on one particular female vocalist I recorded last year, and it worked spectacularly.
WB9YCJ Rating: 2001-03-23
AWESOME! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Every RE-20 I have heard on the HF bands sounded awesome while maintaining smoothness and natural sound.